Hey Y'alls Happy Thankgiving!

Pretty stoked at the moment because for the first time in a year since living on my own, I'm actually typing this message from the comforts of my own home and not the office *gasp.

I finally did the right thing and bought a computer...a monster actually.

Me and my friend (who is an absolute computer whiz) built it in about 3 hours yesterday after work...not a single hitch either, fired up an BAM! Everything registered, no DOAs, no post-beeps. nothing. Installed Vista Ultimate (not sure if I should kick myself in the ass yet for that OS) in about 20 minutes and I was good to go.

I bought mostly everything from Newegg.com, with the exception of my processor, which is a good thing, because originally I had purchased Intel's QX9770 without knowing the i7 line was right around the corner. i7s were released about a week later, and I was able to return my QX in exchange for the i7 extreme...good thing because imo' it's comparitively beefy and $500 cheaper.

The only component I couldn't install was a cpu cooling fan...wasn't compatible with i7 or the mobo I bought. Luckily, the one included with the i7 works great and looks good too...probably the only compatible fan on the market as I type this. Hopefully, I can send it back for my money...it was a badass fan too...but oh well.

Oh and another thing. I ordered an LG Blu-ray/HDVD burner drive, and that was the only item shipped seperately from everything else...won't get it till monday...so I had to rip a DVD drive out of an old busted up computer from the office and use that.

Anyway, I'm so excited that I can finallyregister accounts on xbox live and psn now and start playing with you guys...I've had the 360 since launch and have yet to experience the joy of being cussed out by 13 year olds online...can you believe that? so so sad. I've got a wireless router but only 1 gaming adapter, so I may only be able to connect 1 system at a time...I'm not sure, but I'm definitely going to be setting up xbox live 1st. Maybe tonight.

Now the moment of truth...here's the specs and a few pics:

Processor - Intel i7Extreme

Mobo - Asus Rampage II Extreme

Graphics - 2 x Asus 4870x2 Top Editions

Power - Tagan BZ 1300w

Memory - 3 x 2GB Corsair (DDR3 Triple Channel)

Hard Drive - 2 x 300GB WD Velociraptors (Raid0)

Monitor(s) - Samsung 22" (working), Samsung 32" (not installed yet)

Case - Antec Twelve Hundred

Other stuff - Razer and NZXT keyboard and mouse

It's pretty much on the bleeding edge of technology...for the next 6 months at least. No games yet tho, except for a trial of WOW...do I dare play that game and not see daylight or human interaction for the next year or so? I just don't know.

I did buy Crysis SE for $20 and Doom3 (never finished on xbox), but I won't be getting those till next week. Still bidding on Gears...I wanna play the additional levels.

The only thing I need to do now is hook my Mackie speakers and subwoofer up thru my turntable mixer, and I'll have a sound system powerful enough to match my rig...and piss off my neighbors for sure.

Oh also, I'm using Google's new Chrome browser...I heard it's one of the most secure browsers out right now, it's simple, and it's pretty rad. Try it out.

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Anyway, hope everyone had a great Turkey Day and is enjoying the extended weekend. Merkin you soon. Later.